Fostering EU-Arab Countries Innovation in Green Tech: Connecting Minds, Scaling-up strategies and Funding

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The event aims at building bridges between the Green Tech innovation ecosystems in both the European Union and Arab countries by creating connections among the three critical stakeholders in innovation ecosystems: top researchers, driven entrepreneurs, and smart capital investors.

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CET (GMT+4)	Agenda
07:30 (10:30)	Registration on site - Spain Pavilion at Dubai EXPO 2020
08:00 (11:00)	Opening Session Carmen Bueno, Commissioner General for the Spanish participation in Dubai Expo 2020 Teresa Riesgo, Secretary General for Innovation at Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain Kinga Stanislawska, Member of the EIC Advisory Board Delilah Al Khudhairy, Director, Competences, Joint Research Centre, European Commission Francesco Matteucci, EIC Programme Manager materials for energy and environmental sustainability Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, Director of Research and Development in Science & Defense (UAE) and President of Emirates Digital Association for Women
08:30 (11:30)	Fireside chat with Hussein Kanji, Co-founder and Partner at Hoxton Ventures and Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures
08:45 (11:45)	Round Table “From lab to market” Chair: Eva Baltar, Policy Officer, Joint Research Centre, European Commission Mohammed Aljafari, Director of the Intellectual Property Commercialisation Office at iPARK, the Royal Scientific Society Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, Director of Research and Development in Science & Defense (UAE) and President of Emirates Digital Association for Women Christian Daube, Climate-KIC Strategic Programmes Builder & Manager and Open Accelerator Lead Asier Rufino, CEO and co-founder TECNALIA Ventures Jorge Rodríguez, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Khalifa University and Vice-President of ACIEAU
09:30 (12:30)	Round Table discussion “EU and MENA Green Tech Venture Capitals (VC)” Chair: Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, TECNALIA´s deep tech venture builder Christos Mastoras, Managing Director and Founder, Iliad Partners (Dubai-based VC),Swethal Kumar, CEO & Managing Partner, Startupscale360 (MENA VC), Johann Boukhors, Managing Director Engie New Ventures, Philipp Engelkamp, Co-founder and Managing Director of INERATEC, Iheb Triki, CEO of Kumulus Water
10:15 (13:15)	Concluding remarks and closing Antonio Marco Pantaleo, EIC Programme Manager for Energy systems and Green Technologies Asier Rufino, Co-founder and CEO of TECNALIA Ventures, Tecnalia´s deep tech venture builder

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Friday 4 February 2022, 08:00 - 10:00 (CET)
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When: Friday 4 February 2022, 08:00 - 10:00 (CET)
Where: Spain Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020
Languages: English
Organisers: European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency

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The hybrid event “Fostering EU-Arab Countries Innovation in Green Tech: Connecting Minds, Scaling-up strategies and Funding”, that was jointly organised by the European Innovation Council, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, the Spain Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, TECNALIA Ventures and London Business School took place on Friday, the 4^th of February 2022.

EIC Advisory Board Member Kinga Stanislawska co-opened the event by describing the EIC funding scheme by citing SKELETON as one of the success stories. Ms Stanislawska called for an increase of cooperation between European and MENA&GCC based investors in the area of Green Tech. The opening remarks were followed by two panels moderated by Eva Baltar (JRC) and Asier Rufino (TECNALIA Ventures). The Round Tables included, amongst several high-profile representatives from politics and academia, start-up founders and venture capitalists, Philipp Engelkamp, Co-founder and Managing Director of INERATEC, a EIC co-funded company and Christian Daube, Strategic Entrepreneurship Programmes Builder & Manager at CLIMATE-KIC.

EIC Programme Managers and co-chairs Francesco Matteucci (Programme Manager for Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability) and Antonio Marco Pantaleo (Programme Manager for Energy Systems and Green Technologies) delivered an opening speech and closing remarks to wrap-up the event, respectively.